2025 Sambo Self-Defense World Championship Add 7 Junior Women's Kombat Number

JAKARTA The Central Board of the Indonesian Sambo Association (PP Persambi) confirmed the addition of seven junior women's combat numbers that will be contested in the 2025 Sambo Youth and Junior Self-Defense World Championships.

The championship, entitled World Sambo Youth and Junior Championship 2025, is scheduled to take place on October 1-6, 2025 at JSI Resort Megamendung, Bogor, West Java.

Secretary General of PP Persambi, Arnold Silalahi, said that the addition of seven women's commbat numbers was proposed by the Asian-Oseanian state.

"Previously, FIAS (Sambo International Federation) considered that there were less women's relatives, so there were at least seven countries that would attend and participate in women's communications."

"After the poll, it turns out that more than seven countries will attend and in each class a minimum of 3-4 countries must participate," he said in Jakarta on Wednesday, August 6, 2025.

Until now, PP Persambi continues to boost preparations to welcome the single event. It is estimated that approximately 60-80 countries will register as participants.

General Chairperson of the Central Management of the All-Indonesian Sambo Association (PP Persambi), Krisna Bayu, said that his party is now just waiting for directions and assistance from the Ministry of Youth and Sports (Kemenpora).

"Preparation so far is 75 percent. We are all working together. We have experience in holding international events so that nothing is impossible if we work together," he said.

This year's World Sambo Youth and Junior Championship has a total of 37 matches, both men and women. The youth category covers the age of 16-18 years, while juniors are 18-20 years old.

Countries that have confirmed their participation are the Philippines, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Armenia, the Netherlands, and Romania. The estimate is that there are approximately 500 athletes appearing in this important event.